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January 20, 2010Comments Off on Philanthropic group suing Bill Davidson estate

The non-profit Areivim Philanthropic Group Inc. is suing the estate of William Davidson, former owner of the Detroit Pistons. Areivim claims that Davidson was one of 13 donors who in 2006 pledged to contribute $5 million to the group “to establish a ...

January 20, 2010Comments Off on Judge expected to announce Kilpatrick restitution

I’ve cleared my calendar for this afternoon so I can watch online as the saga of the former mayor of Detroit unfolds. Kwame Kilpatrick will again face Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner, who is expected to announce his decision ...

January 19, 2010Comments Off on SCOTUS denies Cox attempt to stop Asian carp

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order immediate closure of shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes. The court rejected a request by Michigan for a preliminary ...

January 19, 2010Comments Off on Says judge to city, Kilpatrick: hand over the records

Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald E. rosen is losing his patience. He’s ordered the City of Detroit and former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to respond to discovery motions filed by Norman Yatooma, the lawyer representing the family of Tamara Greene. Yatooma ...

January 19, 2010Comments Off on Would the real city attorney please stand up?

You can’t make up stories better than this. The City of Taylor’s ongoing battle over who will serve as the city attorney is expected to heat up at tonight’s city council meeting, when (how awkward) two attorneys who claim to ...

As the number of eviction cases in Midland County escalates, one court is trying to address the problem by bringing tenants and landlords face-to-face. The court can help both parties by allowing them to iron out disputes which are sometimes ...

“Because I question defendant’s right to appellate relief while she is in contempt of the trial court’s orders, and to avoid the harsh sanction of outright dismissal, I would explore the approach of the Arizona Supreme Court in Stewart v ...

And yet another Democratic gubernatorial candidate has opted against running this year. This time, it’s a guy who just entered the fray: LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State Sen. Hansen Clarke of Detroit was the first Democrat to jump in after ...

January 15, 2010Comments Off on House committee to take up juvenile competency bills

The Michigan House Judiciary Committee will take up a package of proposed bills to address juvenile offender competency and culpability, and how to represent young offenders. When the bills were introduced to a mental health subcommittee last year, various stakeholder groups mainly agreed ...

January 14, 2010Comments Off on State senators postpone vote on text ban

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The effort to ban the practice of texting while driving in Michigan might be hitting at least a temporary roadblock. The Republican-led state Senate on Thursday postponed a scheduled vote on legislation that would have prohibited ...